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Senators Outplay Rangers 5-3

Published 7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 4, 2003

AP Sports Writer

Todd White scored his second power-play goal of the game midway through the final period to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 5-3 victory Wednesday night over the New York Rangers.

White also assisted on Wade Redden's goal in the first period, and Radek Bonk added a goal for Ottawa, which had lost the first three games of its four-game road trip. Redden, Daniel Alfredsson and Karel Rachunek all had two assists for the Eastern Conference-leading Senators.

Alfredsson scored an empty-net goal with 18 seconds left.

New York got all of its goals on special teams. Bobby Holik and Eric Lindros scored on the power play, and Petr Nedved added a short-handed goal.

The Rangers fell to 0-1-0-1 under coach-general manager Glen Sather, who took over last week for the fired Bryan Trottier.

White scored his 19th goal by getting to a loose puck and putting it past Mike Dunham 8:23 into the third, 1:15 after Sandy McCarthy went off for holding.

The Rangers tied it 3-3 with their second power-play goal. Lindros' quick shot from the blue line got between the pads of Patrick Lalime with Bobby Holik in front.

Ottawa was trailing 2-1 when the second period began, but Bonk and White scored power-play goals 3:11 apart to give the Senators the lead. Ottawa was given six straight power plays after a penalty wasn't called on New York's Cory Cross when he struck the Senators' Zdeno Chara with a high stick.

The Senators were then short-handed four times in a row until McCarthy's penalty.

Redden made it 1-0 at 7:21 of the first. Alfredsson made a drop pass in the right circle to White, who found Redden in the slot for the goal.

The Rangers tied it 2:23 later when Holik followed up his hard shot that bounced around near the left side of the net. He charged in and knocked the 6-foot-9 Chara off the puck and tucked it into the corner.

With 2:02 left in the period, Radek Dvorak forced a turnover at the New York blue line and raced down the right side with the puck on a two-on-one with Nedved. Dvorak slid a pass across that got under Rachunek _ who was flat on his stomach _ and onto Nedved's stick. Nedved moved around Lalime and scored his 20th goal, his second while short-handed.

Notes:@ Cross strained an abdominal muscle in the first period and didn't return. He is day-to-day. Another New York D, Vladimir Malakhov, didn't play because of back spasms. … Forwards Josh Langfield, Toni Dahlman, and Brad Smyth were recalled from Binghamton of the AHL to fill in for Magnus Arvedson (personal reasons), Marian Hossa (flu) and Petr Schastlivy (groin), who didn't make Ottawa's trip. … Actress Gloria Reuben, a Toronto native, sang the national anthems of the United States and Canada following a moment of silence for the space shuttle astronauts killed last weekend. … The Rangers held a 29-22 shots advantage.